Game 2
Australia 28 lost to France 29
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1955 Australia vs France - Game 1 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1955 Australia vs France - Game 3 vs. France
- Out:
- Denis Flannery (wing), Darcy Henry (five-eighth), Peter Diversi (lock)
- In:
- Ken McCaffery (centre), Graham Laird (five-eighth), Harold Crocker (lock)
- Changes:
- Alex Watson (centre to wing)
France
- Previous Game:
- 1955 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 17 vs. Northern NSW
- Next Game:
- 1955 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 19 vs. Wide Bay
- Out:
- Antoine Jiminez (fullback), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Victor Larroude (centre), Fernand Cantoni (centre), André Savonne (wing), André Delpoux (five-eighth), Sylvain Menichelli (halfback), Jacques Fabre (front row), Rene Moulis (hooker), André Carrere (front row), Jean Jammes (second row), Jean Pambrun (second row), Francis Levy (lock)
- In:
- Jean Dop (fullback), André Ducasse (wing), Roger Rey (centre), Jacques Merquey (centre), Maurice Voron (wing), Gilbert Benausse (five-eighth), Claude Teisseire (halfback), Joseph Vanel (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), François Montrucolis (front row), Armand Save (second row), Gabriel Berthomieu (second row), Christian Duple (lock)
Match Notes
Some of the notes on earlier Australia vs. France matches in the "ABC of Rugby League" are fairly suspect. This match lists Duple as a goalkicker for France but doesn't list him in the squad. Team has subsequently been adjusted according to SMH report (SMH 29/06/1955, page 14).
Newspaper reports (SMH, 03/07/1955) suggest that France put on a 13 point blitz in six minutes late in the game to steal the win. Brian Davies of Australia also had a chance to win it for Australia at the death with a penalty from 50 yards out at an angle but he missed it to the left. Clive Churchill missed two fairly simple conversions in the first half.
It also mentions two separate incidents between Jean Dop and Henry Halloway. The "excitable" Dop was reportedly the aggressor both times with alleged kicks to Halloway, who then retaliated. On the second occasion Halloway required medical attention and Darcy Lawler had French coach Duhau come onto the field to explain his warning to Dop. It also suggest that an offer of peace in the form of handshake by Halloway was "angrily waved aside" by Dop.
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Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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